Directions: Provide a
brief but complete answer for each of the following.†† Points (72) __________

Use the
Parent Teen Driving Guide 9/2003 edition. = PT (Purchased from the local DMV)

Key:†††† Bold italic font = driver education
instructor

††††††††††† Regular font = driver education student

††††††††††† Well
here I am on a crisp February Saturday a driver education instructor trying to
teach me how to drive.† I wonder what
they think they can teach me.† Oh well,
this is better than sitting in a classroom I guess.

††††††††††† Hi, my name is _______________ _______________
(insert your name in the preceding blanks) and I will be working with you on
the reference points today.† We will
begin with looking around the vehicle.†
Name 4 items you should look for: PT, pg. 11

1.

2.

3.

4.

OK.† That was good.† We will be using a technique called
commentary driving today.† I want you to
explain to me as we go along exactly what you are doing.

††††††††††† I have gotten into the vehicle and locked
the doors.† Now I will adjust the
_______________.† I know it should be at
least _____ _______________ from the steering wheel because of the air
bag.† I will adjust the head restraint to
the _______________ of the _______________ of my head.

†

††††††††††† Donít
forget the mirrors.† We will be adjusting
to the BGE method today.† Tell me how
this is done. PT, pg. 7

††††††††††† Well first I place my _____________ against
the _____ side _______________ and adjust the driverís side rear view mirror to
see a little of the _______________ of the _______________.† Now I will lean _______________ over the
center _______________ and adjust the passenger side mirror to see a little of
the _______________ of the _______________.†
When I sit back up, I will not be able to see any of my vehicle in the
side _______________.† I must adjust the
rear view mirror to see the entire _______________ _______________. The
advantage of this setting is that it _______________ overlap Ė allowing the
_______________ to monitor the adjacent _______________.

†††††††††††

Alright,
we are ready to start the vehicle.† Tell
me what you will do now.

††††††††††† With
my _______________ foot on the _______________, I will turn the key and start
the vehicle.† I will keep the
_______________ of my foot on the _______________.† I will now shift to _______________ (D).† Picking a _______________ well ahead of the
vehicle, I will accelerate slightly and move straight forward.

GOOD.† But donít forget to turn your lights on.† Now we want to back up straight.† Do you remember how to do this?

†††††††††††

I hope so.† I
think I am supposed to put my left hand at _____ _______________ on the
steering wheel and my right hand over the back of the _______________ seat and
look over my _______________ shoulder to find a _______________. OPPS. Almost
forgot to shift to reverse.† That would
have been embarrassing.

††††††††††† Now that we are moving forward
and backward smoothly, letís work on smooth stops.† I want you to accelerate to about 15 mph and
when I say stop, stop quickly but smoothly.

††††††††††† Iím
not very good at this.† I always seem to
throw everyone forward when I try to stop quickly.† I remember talking in the classroom about
doing the _______________ or _______________ braking first and the
_______________ braking last.† I also
remember that I am supposed to _______________ my toes back just before the car
stops.

††††††††††† Not
bad.† I probably wonít have to wear a
neck brace more than 2 weeks.† Letís do a
little work on steering now.† Remember
that we will be using the push _______________ slide method of steering because
of the _______________ bags.† We will be
steering to the right first.† Remember to
tell me what you will be doing.

††††††††††† Letís
see.† I will begin with my hand at _____
- _____ & _____ - _____.† To steer
right I will push the steering wheel with my _______________ hand from ______-
_____ to _____ oíclock and pull the steering wheel with my _______________ hand
from _____ - _____ to _____ oíclock.

††††††††††† Youíre beginning to get the hang of
it.† But donít forget to look where you
want the vehicle to go (Path of Travel).†
You canít look at the steering wheel while you drive.† Letís pull up to that line over there and
work on front and rear limitation reference points.† Did you remember this from last semester?

††††††††††† Yes,
but it never did make much sense to me sitting in the classroom.† I hope I can figure it out in the car.† The classroom teacher said to come up until
the _______________ of the vehicle LOOKS like it is even with a line just under
the _______________ side ________________ or _______________ side
_______________ post.† Here goes. I think
this is right now.† Can I get out and
look?†† RIGHT ON THE MONEY. Iím ready to
try it backwards now, Iím supposed to back up looking over my _______________
_______________until I can see the line through the _______________ rear
_______________.† OK.† That was close. I think I need to adjust my
reference point a little.†

††††††††††† Do you remember what we called the
area around the vehicle you couldnít see from the driverís seat?†††††††††††

I think it was the vehicle _______________
space.† Mine is one _______________
length in front, _____ car lengths to the rear, _____ car lengths on the
passenger side and one _______________ length on the driverís side.† No wonder it is so important to check around
the vehicle before moving it.

††††††††††† While
we are working on reference points, letís move over to the curb and figure out how
to place the right side of the vehicle 6Ē from the curb and 3 feet from the
curb.† Can you remember the references
for these?

††††††††††† Let
me see.† I believe my line of sight from
me to the curb should be the ______________ of the vehicle _______________ if I
am 6 inches from the curb.† The line of
sight should be the _______________ of the _______________ís side right half of
the hood if I am 3 feet from curb.† I
also think I remember that if my line of sight runs down the left crack of the
hood to the median or yellow line, I will be about _____ _______________ from
the line.† You know these references sure
help me figure out where my vehicle is.†
My dad kept telling me to line the bumper up with a certain line, but
now matter how hard I stretched my neck I couldnít see the bumper.